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"Squirrels and chipmunks eavesdrop on birds, sometimes adding their own thoughts."https://t.co/7I2b11n8jS
“male raccoons tend to form loose social groups of two to five animals.” https://t.co/MNI80kJONU
"in exchange for their meals, the birds began to bring the girl small gifts as a token of their appreciation."https://t.co/Qkz3vFmBRg
Why are we training hawks to take down drones.Crows > Hawks: (https://t.co/xC56GZcbgS) + they fight hawks too https://t.co/e63OyDywXy
"Birds have a functional analog to the prefrontal cortex that generates executive functions." https://t.co/mV7kpTgJqy
So, according to 19 people, Crows/Ravens > Raccoons > (Squirrel & Cats)Funny: https://t.co/DXz5JD0g3D
TL;DR: *The Witness*, but for crows:"Are crows the ultimate problem solvers? - Inside the Animal Mind"https://t.co/aWLadUQytc
"Understanding why syntax has evolved in tits can give insights into its evolution in humans"https://t.co/g3zUSSGJ3f
"prairie dogs frequently murder other animals for reasons other than sustenance" https://t.co/ktrJgHFKwK
"Marmots are cold-blooded killers. And if you’re a ground squirrel, you’re advised to move out of town immediately." https://t.co/YgYS9SNPS0
"birds' brains may be smaller and structured very differently from mammal brains, but they seem to think like us" https://t.co/GXxsUYG46O
Chimps express intent with their alarm calls. But don't have foxp2 gene mutation attrib to language in humans...https://t.co/1CZyXJNE1F
"...development of medical imaging hardware, image processing, and image analysis tools."https://t.co/MDqQF4tf8K https://t.co/rpRj975Jff
"evidence suggests that animals are indeed capable of acting according to their future, rather than current, needs"https://t.co/xJpUQ3iTNS
“a fascinating and funny look at human behaviors which the rest of the animal kingdom would consider bizarre.” https://t.co/0qCe8lmV7j
"Backstabbing fish sacrifice pals to predators in order to save themselves" https://t.co/3zxpnvGlG7
"that the line between plants and animals might be a little softer than we traditionally think of it as." https://t.co/HM2fCgLltP
I think it's cool how we're starting to be able to learn other species languages now.https://t.co/9iO3EE2GGD
"dogs even use the same regions of the brain for language processing as we do"https://t.co/3lgYfXnCau
“If men had wings and bore black feathers, few of them wouldbe clever enough to be crows”https://t.co/MybUd2AaBd
"...distantly related [...] vastly different brain structures in order to solve similar socioecological problems"https://t.co/rVxG1BPS0v
Crows and language.https://t.co/ta3oI7uVY4
Seriously though, why aren't more neuroscience people interested in bird brains? https://t.co/Z8LM0zPozn
Or researching bird social networks, linguistics, etc? https://t.co/KKL3yTmEH7
"I doubt anyone would have seen chimpanzees using any kind of tool."https://t.co/3tHlh90hKq https://t.co/8f9sf6BLqe
Squirrels wiggle tails in a distinct way to express displeasement / stress, modulated by intensity of the emotion.https://t.co/OGucmLN2gD
Clicker training rats? Yes please.https://t.co/Xurfu4hFAV
"By helping their competitors, the ravens appeared to be defying all natural biological instinct."https://t.co/GNPVgQv4f6 https://t.co/qx7J2dau8G
Did you know that Dunbar's Number - the theory that brain size correlates with groups size, doesn't hold with birds? https://t.co/jGylnM7Mif
Or rather, brain plasticity may be a better way to look at the complexity of social groups and brain size in birds: https://t.co/9vhMhFLTSi
What I need is a nice pair of tits to do my bidding. For reasons.https://t.co/grT6dssz3n https://t.co/Ko1faocVBk
A prelim study on dog's view of inequality raises questions"contrast to the primates, the dogs never rejected food"https://t.co/8rhxVQQDBn https://t.co/mURxULttTY
"have a battery of bird-specific tests that assess the baseline braininess of species as a whole"https://t.co/aAIZigUi5b
Cross species vocal collaboration?"a few known examples of cooperation between humans and free-living wild animals"https://t.co/nZIZtA8Ud7 https://t.co/ySUQtProTX
Dogs can learn to distinguish words that they care about."Neural mechanisms for lexical processing in dogs"https://t.co/44g6sArHUL https://t.co/Ki3DxO9M5X
Not just words, but entire stories; dogs store & retrieve episodic memories about events.via @MarkProffitt https://t.co/o4mVyQruYx
How are dog stories encoded, perhaps embedded in environment as contextual cues, a collaboration of scent & vision?https://t.co/vBOVke14Ib
"chirp notes change in structure when a bird is nervous or feeling anxious"https://t.co/u1VL3yK8N7 https://t.co/rUHTtLdOJz
I found a video that suggests ways of befriending crows. Quite good.I'm going to sub to this channel.https://t.co/S1xrgeIFG9
"Beversdorf and an interdisciplinary team published a study describing autismlike behavior in poodles"https://t.co/6GruYDnlFZ
"so if you notice your dog yawning out of the blue, it could be a sign that he's feeling stressed or anxious."https://t.co/68ndcNkhDM
"Time after time these misleading and demeaning pyramids have crumbled under careful scrutiny" (h/t @GoatsThatStare) https://t.co/sDnsJrHNnn https://t.co/WExZeWxy1m
Does anyone know if this test covers genes associated with autism/adhd in dogs?https://t.co/TXw8dAbAn5
Humans thing they're so special.https://t.co/UjjXnPOG0d https://t.co/YtiSrc2RuL
